Cultivating harrow



CULTIVATING HARROW Filed June 28, 1959 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 M Jk! I 2 33 64F 50/?! 1:47am: 4 5. 5

Feb. 13, 1940. A H. WATKINS 2,190,618

CULT IVATING HARROW Filecl June 28, 1939 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 JZIQNfO O Jar-4'60 A7 66 mm:

' Patented Feb; 13, 1940 I p p 1 I v p I 1 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 7 armors t a V ,oUL'mv TrNG HABROW AlfredH. Watkins, Crawfords'ville, Ark; assignor gage-h to James I Quinlan, Memphis. m litarism 28,1939, serial 281,502

zol ims. (o1. 97 23 This invention relates to improvements in har acjcomplishnient will readily be understood from rows, and has particular reference to a harrow the following specification on reference to the for cultivating young cotton, corn or the like accompanying drawings,inwhich:

which are planted in rows, and more especially I Fig; 1 is a plan view of the harrow.

. to a lharrow for cultivating cotton which is Fig; 2 is a side elevation of the harrow with usually planted in the row in very close or even the narrow structure inoperative position; doubled up conformation sothat ordinarily an ,jFig.-3 is a sectional elevation of the harrow excessive number of plants come up in the row. taken as on the line III-III'of Fig. 1, showing a condition which requires that a much larger the harrow raised andthestripping mechanism percentage of plants be removed than are leftv lowered to free the harrow teeth of accumulated 1021 in the row. J trash. H I i The present narrow is designed for the cul- Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional plan taken tivation of these rows in the early stages of on the line IV -IV of Fig. 2 with the wheel struc growth of the plants and is predicated on the ture shifted to the dotted-position shown in that cultivation of these rows by passing the harrow- View to show. the manner inwhich the wheel 15):

transversely thereacross I J v structure is braced and supported when so shifted.

The objects of the invention are: e a Referring now to the drawings in which the- The provide in a harrow, a sled-like carrier various parts are indicated by numerals:

adapted to support the harrow structure proper. 'Ihe carrier comprises a pair of sled sides. each To provide in a harrow, B sled-like carrier, having runners ID, from which end members H 29: means for raising and lowering the harrow verand 12 extend upward and are connected at, their tically with respect, to such carrier, and means upper ends by upper members I3. The two sled for limiting the extent of the lowering movesides are connectedtransversely by cross memment, a v j: hers M, 15 and lfi to form a sled-like carrier,

'2 To provide in connection with a harrow having and turnably support'an additionalcross-member' 2 a sled-like carrier, stripping means and means for I! for the support of the harrow. I8 is atongue concurrently raising the harrow and relatively which preferably has diagonal bracing members lowering said stripper means for clearing the IQ and is'directly mounted on the cross-member teeth of the narrow. e it. [This member may be cylindrical, as a sec- To provide inYa harrowa sled having longition of pipe, and the connection of the tongue 30:

' 'tudinallypositioned runners, a harrowmember and braces thereto may be effected by sleeves having transversely disposed groups of narrow 20 mounted on the member. CollarsZl prevent teeth, and means for supporting the groups ofv side displacement of the tongue and brace memnarrow teeth relatively tothe runners. bers. ,If desired a pin 22-ma'y be passed through To provide in a harrow, a carrier having lonthe sleeve 20 on the end of the tongue l8 to pre- 35 gitudinally disposed runners, aharrow structure 'vent hinge movement of the tongue around the havingtransversely disposed grousp of harrow member H5. The sled sides preferably also are teeth with the teeth of such groups laterally stiffened atintermediate points by vertical posts shifted out of line with the teeth of any other 25, 26 the posts 25 being provided with rather 140 group. I I closely spaced holes 27, into any one of which a I To provide in a harrow, a carrier having lonsupporting pin 28 may be inserted for limiting the gitudinally disposed runners, and a harrow downward movement of the harrow. structure supp thereby, said harrow struc Mounted transversely across the carrier is a true having transversely isp r ups of teeth, member 30 which is turnably mounted in collars 5 at least one of said groups being so mounted that. 3! secured to the top or the sled side members it be shifted into inefieotive position. 63.; The opposite ends of the member 30 are bent To provide in a harrow having a carrier with, downwardly to form legs 32 fromwhich project longitudinally disposed runners, and a harrow axles 33 on which wheels 34 are journalled. Prefstructuresupported by said carrier, a laterally erably the wheels. 34 are provided with pro- 5 disposed pair of Wheels normallysupportedabove jecting lugs 35'." A l ver iiihas one n dly m the level of the runners, and adapted to be shifted secured to the member 30, this lever being manubelow such level to. accomplish awheelsupport ally movable to shift the wheels 34 from the for turning movement. position shown in Figs; Zand 3 to the position The means by which the foregoing and other lite, shown. dottedin Fig. -2,rand also shown in ssobjects are accomplished and the method .of th'eir full lines in Fig. 4. 'Iomove the wheels to thi sides of the frame and are secured to and extend between the vertical posts 25 and 26] 3B are brackets which are likewise mounted on the upper members it, these brackets serving to support the upper ends of springs 39 which have their lower ends secured to the legs 32 and resiliently support these legs and the wheels carother transverse members 52, 53 and 5d, the

frame members extending beyond the rear transverse member "5A and turnably supporting an additional transverse member which is not strictly a frame member. The members 52, 53 and 55 are each provided with a plurality of equally spaced teeth 5?, 58 and 59 respectively, these teeth having equal spacing along all three of the members 52,; 53 and 55, but the teeth of the member 53 are'shifte'd laterally one-third of. the tooth spacing with respect to the teeth of the member 52, and'similarly the'teeth of the member 55 are shifted an additional one-third tooth spacing-with respect"to the teeth of the member 53, giving a staggered relation of the three tooth groups. The member 55, as above stated, is rotatably mounted at the rear ends of the side members 5lland' may be provided with a handle 60 which 'i's'secure'd thereto as by a-sleeve BI and pin 62. This ha'ndle is so disposed that with the teeth 59 h -vertical position it rests on the transverse member 5 5 and effectively holds the teeth againstmovement under the strain put thereon 'byforward 'm'ovement of the harrow.

Should at'any time it be desired to dispense with one group of harrow teeth the arm (it) may. be turned, as to the dotted position 60A, of Fig. 3, and the teeth raised to the dotted position 59A, in which position, being free from strain, they may be held in any suitable or desired manner.

'The harrow frame is supported by arms 63, 64" through chains 65, 66 which respectively connect the outer ends of these arms to the transverse members 5i and 55. The arms 63 are provided with hubportions 6? which are keyed to the turnable'cross member H as by pins 68. The arms 54 are likewise provided with hub members '63, these hub members being turnably mounted on the cross member l5 and being confined against movement along such member as by collars iii. The arms es and 54 are respectively extended beyond the collars 61 and 69 and are coupled together in pairs by pins H, the ends of the. arms being slotted to allow such coupling. A lever i2 is suitablysecured to the cross member'l'l to accomplish turning movement thereof and raising or lowering of the harrow through the intermediary of the arms and chains. v 1

13 are chains coupling the forward harrow frame member 5| with the forward cross member 16 of the carrier.

The harrow teeth are cleaned by a stripper which comprises a number of. parallel rods which are secured together by transverse bars 81. The rods 80 have their forward ends 82 upwardly bent and these upwardly bent ends are secured together by an additional transverse bar 83. The rear end of the rods may also be bent upwardly and similarly secured if so desired. The bar 83 is connected for traction by flexible links, as chains 84, with the cross member I6. 85 are A frames which are connected at their lower ends, as by welding, to the transverse bars 8!. The pins H which couple the levers 63 and 64 together are also used to couple the A frames to these bars, causing the A frames and the stripper rods to be raised as the harrow teeth are lowered and to be lowered, permitting the stripper to lower as the harrow teeth are raised.

In using the device, in the cultivation of plants in rows, the harrow is drawn transversely across the top of the rows, as shown in Fig. 3. The length of the harrow is such that the sled runners Ill will span at least two rows, and ordinarily somewhat more. As the harrow drags across itthoro-ughly cultivates the top of the row removing a large proportion'of the cotton plants as well as the weeds, but ordinarily leaving a full stand. At times however it is found advisable -to turn one group-of the teeth into inoperative mulates on the teeth. To clear the teeth the lever arm T2 is' 'pulled backward raising the outer ends of the arms 63, E4 and through the chains '65, 'fifi raising the harrow frame and teeth. The

inner ends of these arms move the A frames downward causing the stripper rods til to push the trash off the end of the teeth. Where the harrow is being drawn transversely across the rows, as shown in Fig. 3, this trash is freed to drop into the furrows between the rows. After such freeing the harrow is again lowered and cultivation resumed.

Should it be desired to decrease the depth of out, the pins 2 8 are raised, and the rear of the harrow supported" at a higher level, this level being substantially established throughout by the forwardpull of the chains 13. oppositely, the depth of out may be increased by lowering the pins 28. When the harrow has been moved, as under use, as far in one direction as is desired, as across the field, the lever 36 is shifted to throw the wheels into the dotted position 353A (Fig. 2) and the entire structure relatively raised to permit the device to beeasily turned to start the return trip. As the wheels 33 are lowered into contact with the ground the lugs 35 bite in and permit the further forward traotive pull on the device to accomplishtheraising of the device for such I turning. After turning the Wheels are raised and the carrier runners resume their function. i

I claim:

1. In a cultivating device, a sled-like carrier, a harrow structure having depending teeth, a stripper adapted to cooperate therewith, and

means jointly coupling said harrow structure and I6 stripper to said carrier, said means being shift able to raise and lower said harrow and to concurrentlylower and raise said stripper.

2. In a cultivating device, .a sled-like carrier, a. harrow structure having depending teeth, a

stripper adapted to eooperate therewith, means jointlycoupling said harrow structure and stripiting lowering movement of said harrow;

ALFRED I-I. WATKINS. 

